Lou Boudreau Signed 1988 Pacific Legends I #106 (BGS) Encapsulated Baseball Card

Description: Welcome to our Store and Thank You for your Business Card has been hand-signed byLou Boudreau (D. 2001, Boston Red Sox, HOF). The item / autograph has been authenticated andencapsulated by Beckett (BGS) for authenticity purposes. Authentication: BGS Encapsulated #0011198150 Louis Boudreau (July 17, 1917 – August 10, 2001), nicknamed "Old Shufflefoot", "Handsome Lou", and "the Good Kid", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 15 seasons, primarily as a shortstop on the Cleveland Indians, and managed four teams for 15 seasons including 10 seasons as a player-manager. He was also a radio announcer for the Chicago Cubs and in college was a dual sport athlete in both baseball and earning All-American honors in basketball for the University of Illinois. Boudreau was an All-Star for seven seasons. In 1948, Boudreau won the American League Most Valuable Player Award and managed the Cleveland Indians to the World Series title. He won the 1944 American League (AL) batting title (.327), and led the league in doubles in 1941, 1944, and 1947. He led AL shortstops in fielding eight times. Boudreau still holds the MLB record for hitting the most consecutive doubles in a game (four), set on July 14, 1946. Boudreau shift: Boudreau is credited with inventing the infield shift, which came to be known colloquially as the "Boudreau shift." Because slugging Red Sox superstar Ted Williams was a dead-pull hitter, he moved most of his Cleveland Indian fielders to the right of second base against the Splendid Splinter, leaving only the third baseman and left fielder to the left of second but also very close to second base, far to the right of their normal positions. With characteristic stubborn pride, Williams refused the obvious advice from teammates to hit or bunt to left against the Boudreau shift, but great hitter that he was, not changing his approach against the shift didn't affect his hitting very much. Boudreau later admitted that the shift was more about "psyching out" Williams rather than playing him to pull. "I always considered the Boudreau shift a psychological, rather than a tactical" ploy, he declared in his autobiography Player-Manager. Boudreau was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1970 with 77.33% of the vote. That same year, his uniform number 5 was retired by the Cleveland Indians (he wore number 4 with the Red Sox). In 1973, the city of Cleveland renamed a street bordering Cleveland Municipal Stadium after Boudreau. Boudreau Drive in Urbana, Illinois, is also named after Boudreau. In 1990, the Cleveland Indians established The Lou Boudreau Award, which is given every year to the organization's Minor League Player of the Year. In 1992, Boudreau's number 5 jersey was retired by the Illinois Fighting Illini baseball program. Boudreau is only one of three Illinois Fighting Illini athletes to have their number retired; the other two athletes being Illinois Fighting Illini football players Red Grange and Dick Butkus. Personal life: Boudreau married Della DeRuiter in 1938, and together they had four children. His daughter Sharyn married Denny McLain, a former star pitcher with the Detroit Tigers who was the last 30-game winner in the major leagues (31–6 for the world champion 1968 Detroit Tigers). Shortstop / Manager Born: July 17, 1917 Harvey, Illinois, U.S. Died: August 10, 2001 (aged 84) Olympia Fields, Illinois, U.S. Batted: Right Threw: Right MLB debut September 9, 1938, for the Cleveland Indians Last MLB appearance August 24, 1952, for the Boston Red Sox MLB statistics Batting average .295 Home runs 68 Runs batted in 789 Managerial record 1,162–1,224 Winning % .487 Teams As player Cleveland Indians (1938–1950) Boston Red Sox (1951–1952) As manager Cleveland Indians (1942–1950) Boston Red Sox (1952–1954) Kansas City Athletics (1955–1957) Chicago Cubs (1960) Career highlights and awards 8× All-Star (1940–1945, 1947, 1948) World Series champion (1948) AL MVP (1948) AL batting champion (1944) Cleveland Guardians No. 5 retired Cleveland Guardians Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction1970 Basketball career Career information High schoolThornton (Harvey, Illinois) CollegeIllinois (1937–1938) PositionGuard / forward Career history As player: 1938–1939Hammond Ciesar All-Americans As coach: 1942Illinois (asst.) Career highlights and awards First-team All-American – MSG (1938) Due to the uniqueness of each item, please refer to the photos provided in this listing. We offer high resolution images of each item rather than a written description of condition. Yes, we do combine shipping for multiple items. If you are considering more than one item to combine shipping please let us know, so, we can prepare appropriately. Thanks Shipping Policy is as follows: We try to quote as close as possible to the actual shipping costs. We do not charge handling fees. Any excess shipping funds go to International Servants as does all proceeds excluding eBay fees. Under 1lb. and within size requirements, are generally shipped first class. Over 1lb. But still on the smaller packaging size. Goes USPS Priority Mail. Larger items will go to whoever has a better price (USPS or FedEx or UPS). 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